Standards often remain unseen, yet they play a fundamental part in the organisation of contemporary capitalism and society at large. What form of power do they epitomise? Why have they become so prominent? Are they set to be as important for the globalisation of services as for manufactured goods? Graz draws on international political economy and cognate fields to present strong theoretical arg…
Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History provides a strikingly original reading of key texts in the philosophy of history by Kant, Hegel, and Marx, as well as strong arguments for why these texts are still relevant to understanding history today. Réal Fillion offers a critical exposition of the theses of these three authors on the dynamics and the ends of history, in order to provide an …
Offering an innovative perspective on early modern debates concerning embodiment, Alanna Skuse examines diverse kinds of surgical alteration, from mastectomy to castration, and amputation to facial reconstruction. Body-altering surgeries had profound socio-economic and philosophical consequences. They reached beyond the physical self, and prompted early modern authors to develop searching quest…
Governing Medical Knowledge Commons makes three claims: first, evidence matters to innovation policymaking; second, evidence shows that self-governing knowledge commons support effective innovation without prioritizing traditional intellectual property rights; and third, knowledge commons can succeed in the critical fields of medicine and health. The editors' knowledge commons framework adapts …
When women agitated to join the medical profession in Britain during the 1860s, the practice of surgery proved both a help (women were neat, patient and used to needlework) and a hindrance (surgery was brutal, bloody and distinctly unfeminine). In this major new study, Claire Brock examines the cultural, social and self-representation of the woman surgeon from the second half of the nineteenth …
Buku ini membahas berbagai jenis fauna yang dapat ditemukan di Sungai Sangatta dan Bengalon, Kabupaten Kutai Timur, Provinsi Kalimantan Timur. Data ilmiah dari fauna-fauna tersebut disajikan secara komprehensif, di antaranya informasi mengenai deskripsi fisik, variasi genetik, status konservasi, status kromosom, persebaran, dan kegunaan bagi masyarakat sekitar. Selain itu, juga dibahas permasa-…
Kerentanan di Pulau Aru terhadap kejadian ekstrem menjadi ancaman terhadap neraca air, terutama di kawasan pesisir landai. Diperlukan strategi adaptasi guna meningkatkan daya dukung lingkungan sekaligus daya dukung neraca air sehingga terbangun sistem pengelolaan-penyimpanan air secara lestari dan bijaksana. Kerangka kerentanan, mitigasi, dan adaptasi coba disajikan melalui pendekatan pemuli…
This book reveals exciting early Christian evidence that Mary was remembered as a powerful role model for women leaders—women apostles, baptizers, and presiders at the ritual meal. Early Christian art portrays Mary and other women clergy serving as deacon, presbyter/priest, and bishop. In addition, the two oldest surviving artifacts to depict people at an altar table inside a real church dep…
Banyak hal yang perlu dilakukan untuk mengendalikan dampak dari perubahan teknologi, termasuk adanya dampak dari hasil teknologi dan industri yang menghasilkan medan elektromagnetik pada lingkungan. Perlu dilakukan penelitian tentang sistem dan metode pengujian dan atau pengukuran untuk produk hasil teknologi dan industri yang selalu berkembang sesuai dengan perkembangan zaman. Penelitian tenta…
This open access book includes instruction of national mineral database 2020 and atlas of national mineral deposits distribution derived from national mineral database 2020. National mineral database 2020 is based on data from National Geological Archives China(NGAC). Moreover, it introduces the construction method and updates maintenance mechanism of the mineral deposits database and propos…